Stories from Friday, January 7, 2022

SIKESTON — The Rev. Thomas Carl Beeler, 73, died Jan. 5, 2022, at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Family and friends may assemble for services at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in the chapel of Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.  Rev. Roy “Buddy” Walls will officiate...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Mary Grace Scott, age 94, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Nov. 25, 1927, at Lonoke, Arkansas, to the late Edward Ross and Mary Ethel Clement Leigh. Mary loved to cook, be in her garden, go fishing and sew. She would even sew clothes for her children and grandchildren...

SIKESTON — Many locations across the region experienced their warmest Decembers on record, including Sikeston; Paducah, Kentucky; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; and Carbondale, Illinois. According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, monthly average temperatures in December ranged from 9 to 11 degrees above normal. High temperatures ended up around 12 to 13.5 degrees above normal, but the low temperatures only finished around 6 to 8.5 degrees above normal...

It sure is funny how a black Mustang can use Missouri Street as his own personal drag strip and with the load pipes on that you can hear all over town and the cops have not found him yet. All they have to do is roll down their windows and listen.

Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, died Thursday evening after a yearlong battle with cancer. Rex, 52, was remembered for his community involvement, leadership, charitable work and positive, energetic personality. “It has been a difficult year grieving for a brother and sister-in-law as he struggled against cancer,” said Jon K. ...

The area awoke to frigid temperatures Friday and some roadways were still slick after Thursday’s snowfall. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature was under 10 degrees early Friday morning after a snow that dropped 4 inches in New Madrid and just under 2 inches in Sikeston...

BENTON, Mo. — Coming off of a year with a record number of calls, the Benton Fire Department is looking to expand its crew of firefighters. “We are growing our department and trying to add some people,” Benton Fire Chief Joey Mack said. “This time of year is our busiest, and so we’re just trying to add some people and make it more efficient.”...